A/N: Hey everyone! I'm back after a long wait. Sorry for taking so long but you all know how life is. Anyways, just a heads up I think that there will only be one or two more chapters left of the story. Thanks everyone for sticking by it. I can't believe how many alerts and reviews I have gotten. It means a lot.
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The sound of an annoying buzzing in the distance woke Will up from a slumber sleep. He slowly opened his eyes and scanned his room. They landed on the fully packed duffle bag on his dresser and it dawned on him that he and Rachel were going back to New York. A shot of fear spread through his body as he ran through the possibilities of what could happen today all ranging from finding out the truth of their marriage and the possibility of not being married at all.
As much as Will cared and loved Rachel, it was too soon to be married and he was hoping that this marriage was a fix, some sort of tourist attraction that they did when they were drunk because they thought it was funny. He wanted to be with Rachel and try dating but he didn't know if that would even be a possibility anymore if they weren't married. Rachel seemed so set on the idea of marriage that it feared him when he thought about it. How could she be so calm and sure of what she wanted at such a young age? Then again it was Rachel he was thinking about, nothing would change her mind once she was set on an idea.
Will rolled over and swung his legs over the edge of the bed. He rubbed his eyes and got ready for what could possibly be the hardest and longest day of his life. After he got out of the shower, he grabbed his duffle bag and double checked to make sure he had everything although he knew that they wouldn't be in New York that long.
Once he double checked and locked everything he called Rachel, hoping that she was in a better mood than when he left her house last night.
He waited patiently for three rings before she finally picked up.
"Hey, Will," Rachel said already knowing it was him by the caller Id.
"Hi, Rachel. I'm on my way over. We need to leave soon," Will said as he got into his car.
"Yeah, I have been thinking and I don't want to go with you," Rachel said in a whisper.
"What?" Will asked not believing her words. "What do you mean you aren't going?"
"Look I believe in us and what we have. We are special and a marriage license or not is not going to change my mind," Rachel explained.
"You are coming with me," Will said. "I'm almost at your house, were we can talk more about this. See you in five," Will said as he hung up the phone with anger. He didn't consider the fact that Rachel wouldn't want to go with him, he just thought that she was being dramatic like always when she yelled at him last night.
Will pulled into her driveway and quickly put the car in park. He rang the doorbell impatiently as he waited for her to answer.
She finally came to the door and before she could get it all the way open Will walked in.
"Rachel, what do you mean you're not going? I bought the plane tickets already and we decided to do this," Will said as he paced her living room not even saying hi.
"I know but I don't want to go okay?" Rachel said slamming the door shut.
"No not okay. Why not?" And please give me the real reason Rachel, I know there is more to this than just wanting to be together," Will said as he sat down on the couch. Rachel joined him and let out a breath as she started to explain everything she had been feeling since the morning they woke up that day in New York.
"Will, being with you has made me so happy. You are not like Finn, Puck or Jesse, you actually care about me and while Finn was the best out of those three, he's not you," Rachel said.
"I'm just scared to find out the truth that if this whole thing is fake that you will leave me and never speak to me," Rachel said with tears forming in her eyes with a hint of over dramatic acting thrown in.
"You mean so much more to me than a teacher and I know that we are meant to stay together even if we were brought together in a weird way," Rachel said as she finished and looked at him, trying to read his face. Will didn't know what to think and although he knew he should tell her what she wanted to hear, he just couldn't. His feelings matter too.
"I know you have been hurt before Rachel, I have too, but being married just for the sake of feeling safe and comforted doesn't make it right. I told you that we would give us a chance but only as a relationship and not a married one. We have so much to look forward to with you graduating and me taking the club to Nationals again that marriage is too much," Will said as he grabbed her hand. Not to mention both their reputations being ruined if anything from that night was revealed.
"Please, Rachel I love you but marriage is not right," Will said bringing her hand in for a kiss. It was silent as Rachel tried to process what she just heard. After a couple of minutes she finally came to a conclusion.
"Your right, Will, marriage will only work if we both want it and you don't. I'm going to go get my things," Rachel said as she got up.
Will watched her go up the stairs with guilt in his eyes. He knew he should say something to make her feel better but really there was nothing he could do. She was right about his view on marriage so nothing he could say would fix anything. This was something that he could not change and he hated feeling helpless.
Rachel came back down only five minutes later without her duffle bag, which Will had immediately noticed.
"Rachel, where is your bag?" Will asked.
"You are going to be mad about this and I know I shouldn't have done it at the time but I was so mad at you yesterday that I cancelled our flight," Rachel said afraid to look at Will.
"What? How did you do that?" Will asked.
"You left some paper that you printed in the printer that had all your information so I called when you left and cancelled that flight. I'm sorry, Will," Rachel explained.
Will was shocked to believe that Rachel would stoop so low and try and ruin their plans. He didn't understand Rachel sometimes. He knew she was a diva and a drama queen but this was taking a whole new level of revenge. However after thinking for a couple of minutes, he understood why she did what she did. She was hurt and he was a jerk so he did the mature thing and forgave her.
"It's alright, Rachel. I know you didn't mean to do it, but what are we going to do now?" Will asked wondering if their mystery wedding was ever going to be solved.
"I'm sure all the flights are booked for the next couple of days with people being on summer vacation," Will added.
"I don't know. We can try looking for another flight?" Rachel suggested.
"I guess but I don't think there will be any. Why did you have to do that, Rachel?" Will asked still slightly frustrated.
"I'm sorry okay? You were being a jerk yesterday so I wanted to get you back," Rachel said starting to feel the tears prickle in her eyes again.
"You could have at least called me last night or told me this morning before I came over," Will said.
"I know but I honestly forgot. I went straight to bed after so upset that I just made myself try and forget," Rachel said.
An awkward silence crept into the room as Will stood facing Rachel unsure of what to say to her.
"Maybe I should go then," Will finally said feeling the anger creep back in.
"No, you don't have to go Will," Rachel said. "This was my fault."
"It's both our faults, Rachel. I think we should just leave ourselves alone for a couple of days okay? Everything has happened so fast and I think we need a couple of days to sort things out," Will said carefully, afraid of what Rachel's reaction would be.
"Fine, I guess you're right," Rachel said even though it was not what she wanted. "I really am sorry, Will," Rachel said again.
"I know, Rachel, and you know we are going to have to figure out this marriage sooner or later," Will said. "We can't avoid it forever," he added as he walked towards the door.
"I know, Will, I know," Rachel said as she gave him a small wave as he stepped out and onto the driveway.
The next couple of days had been a lot harder than Will would have imagined. He found himself in front of the tv more and more every day and found himself not even interested in anything he was watching. He had thought at the time that a few days of not being together would ease the tension but for some reason it only made him feel alone. He had no other adult friends other than Shannon and she was away for summer vacation, and Emma who he was pretty sure would not be talking to him for a long time.
It was the third day and a Friday when Will had finally decided to call Rachel again. He had hoped that by now they were both calm with each other and were able to talk about the matter as mature as possible.
He walked into his room and went to find his phone. When he found it, he found it odd that he had a missed call from Rachel. She had called him about an hour ago at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It was close to five so he thought he better call her back.
He once again waited impatiently for Rachel to pick up and she did on the second ring.
"Rachel, hi," Will said as casually as possible.
"Will, you need to come over, quick," Rachel said.
"Is something wrong?" Will asked more worried now.
"Sort of, my dad's are back and they need to talk to both of us," Rachel said in a panicked voice. "I don't know what about though," she added.
"Alright I'll be over in ten," Will said as he quickly hung up and found his keys on the coffee table.
He tried not to let his mind wander as he drove to Rachel's house. Her dads were unpredictable and hard to read. He didn't know what they could possible tell them. Maybe they realized that what he did with their daughter was horrible and thought he was a creep or maybe they just wanted to talk things over. Will had really no idea which made him only drive faster over to the Berry household.
When he got there, he quickly walked to the front door and waited patiently to be let in. Rachel opened the door to his surprise and ushered Will in.
"Hi," Rachel said shyly. It had been three days since they had seen each other.
"Hi, what's going on?" Will asked curiously.
Rachel looked at him nervously and prepared herself.
"Well as you know my dad's went on vacation a couple of days ago. They had told me that they went to Chicago for business but it turns out that was a lie," Rachel explained.
"A lie? What do you mean?" Will asked confused as he didn't know where this was headed.
"They actually went to New York," Rachel said like it was no big deal.
"New York? Why did they go there?" Will asked but was interrupted by her father's walking in from the upstairs.
"William! So nice to see you," Leroy said as he shook Will's hand.
"Thank you Mr. Berry, you too," Will said as casually as possible.
"Please, Will call me Leroy and me Hiram," they both said.
"Of course," Will said.
"So what are we doing here?" Will asked awkwardly as silence crept into the room.
"Well as Rachel said we went to New York and not Chicago. We didn't know if you two would ever find the truth about your problem so we took it upon ourselves to figure it out for you," Hiram said shocking both of them.
"Daddy, you did what?" Rachel asked with frustration.
"We're sorry for butting in Rachel but the truth needed to be figured out," Leroy answered seeing the look of shock on both their faces.
"We were actually planning on going back a couple days ago but some complications arrived," Will said choosing his words carefully as he saw Rachel glance at him. "What did you find?" Will finally asked breaking the tension.
"Well after a couple of days of tracing steps that you two had told us we found nothing," Hiram said causing Rachel to gasp.
"But we did have a plan to go to the police to ask about personal records," Leroy added noticing the look of concern on both of their faces.
"And?" Will asked anxious to know.
"They said that they would look up their records and call if they find anything," Hiram finished.
The room was silent as both Will and Rachel processed what was happening. They still had no idea on the truth but the bright side was that hopefully they would know soon.
"Well thank you for going, Leroy and Hiram," Will said appreciatively because he really did admire them both for going.
"You welcome, I'm sorry we couldn't find out more," Leroy said.
"When will they call," Rachel asked.
"Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, we really don't know," Hiram said. "They said they would call whenever they had a chance to look."
Silence crept back into the room as Will looked at Rachel, trying to read her facial expression. He couldn't tell if she was happy or sad so he didn't want to push his luck and left her alone.
"Would you like to stay for dinner, Will?" Hiram asked. Rachel looked at Will and gave him a small smile telling him that it was okay.
"Yes, thank you," Will said as they all moved into the kitchen.
After a couple of hours of talking and eating, Will decided it was time to go. He got up and grabbed his jacket, while he thanked both men for dinner.
"Please call me if you hear anything," Will said as he got to the door.
"We will, bye Will," both Berry men said.
"Bye and thank you again," Will said as he walked out. Rachel was behind him surprising him.
"Crazy night huh?" Will asked as he stood outside his car.
"Yeah," Rachel said as silence took over. "Look, Will I know it was only three days but I missed you," Rachel said wrapping her arms around him. Will held on tight and sighed in relief when he felt the feeling of being missed return to him.
"I know, Rach, I missed you too," Will said as he bent down and gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.
"Can we not fight anymore?" Rachel asked as Will chuckled.
"Of course, I want us to be able to work our problems out, Rachel and half to hide from each other for three days. Whatever we find out I will always be here for you," Will said.
"I know, thank you, I will always be here for you too, we need each other, Will," Rachel said.
"We do, and I realize that know," Will said as he bent down to kiss her again.
"Rachel, is Will still here?" they heard Hiram call out.
"Yes dad, why?" Rachel asked confused.
"We just got a call from the police department, we both need you to come inside, we have some news," Hiram said.
Will looked down at Rachel anxiously but grabbed her hand for reassurance. She nodded back understanding his motives and gave him a small smile in return.
"We'll be there in a minute," Rachel said.
"You ready?" Will asked dying to find out the truth.
"It's now or never," Rachel said as she and Will walked hand and hand back into the house.